Supplementing or Replacing Your Income?

[rondrond]

I am newly retired. I will admit that I am on disability and just started Medicare.

This has been a three year adventure that I thought would never end. I am not looking to make a fortune, just enough to buy a pizza or cheeseburger now and then or get a haircut (don't laugh....but I cut my own hair) Talented?

Some would say, others just look, but I do a fair to middling good job and it works, until it doesn't work. Mistakes can happen.


So, I am supplementing my income. Of course, if I just happen to have an epiphany of good luck or knowledge shoot through my brain and I start to make a lot of money.. I won't complain.

So, are you trying to replace your income and become a stay at home entrepeneur(sp?) or just looking for some pocket change?

[Phx0808]

Oldbuddy has some great ideas for making extra cash, you should get together with him.

[CHANEYLAKEGIRL]

Just looking to make a few extra $$. For now it all goes to the savings for a rainy day.

[hawkeye3210]

I'm just trying to make a few extra bucks to help pay off my college loans.

[mtmailey]

one should try selling your own stuff online.

[jamieknupp]

merely supplementing at this point. I'm a stay-at-home momma to my 10 month old, and I like having a little cash of my own

[gaylasue]

I'm trying to supplement my income since I lost my really good paying job back in March.  I'm making about 1/3 of what I did and no longer have health insurance.  It has been a struggle.  My husband is also on disability and we both have medical problems.  I would take a part-time outside of the home job in addition to the full time job I have now but he feels like he is abandoned most of the day now so I do what I can via computer so that I can at least be sitting in the same room.

[rondrond]

Oldbuddy has some great ideas for making extra cash, you should get together with him.

I watched his training video....he is a very helpful and knowledgeable person.

one should try selling your own stuff online.

I'm a recovering hoarder..of sorts. If I buy something, it's because I wanted it and ..still want it. Many memories and stories are connected to my possesions..my pretties...

Just looking to make a few extra $$. For now it all goes to the savings for a rainy day.

I'm just trying to make a few extra bucks to help pay off my college loans.

That's where I'm at right now...just to have some extra for the unexpected that always turns into a rainy day if one is not prepared...

I'm trying to supplement my income since I lost my really good paying job back in March.  I'm making about 1/3 of what I did and no longer have health insurance.  It has been a struggle.  My husband is also on disability and we both have medical problems.  I would take a part-time outside of the home job in addition to the full time job I have now but he feels like he is abandoned most of the day now so I do what I can via computer so that I can at least be sitting in the same room.

I am my sister's caretaker (along with my Mom)..but my sister lives with me..has since her husband died 15 years ago. I was still working then. ...American Airlines...then 9/11...ultimately laid off...I was in management who always have the better benefits 

She is disabled in a wheelchair and I have fought to keep her as independent as possible as my ultimate goal for her was to be able to walk again and meet a new man and get married and ride off into the sunset....

that didn't happen...

but, I 've taught her to use the computer and she has 3 sons and 2 grandchildren and is as happy as one can be... considering

Currently she is in a nursing home recuperating from a bout of cellulitis and septis(sp) and has been there for a year come next week. She is doing better but cannot come home until she can transfer to her chair so she is working with a therpaist to get the strength back in her legs.

Of course, when she went to the nursing home..her SSI check followed her so I was left with the mortgage, all utilities, and her credit card bills....so the extra biy of $$ is always welcome in this household, but being on disability, I can't do much, so this work at home when you want, when you need is pretty neat....

Make sure you are taking care of yourself in all of this and for what it's worth...don't let him become too dependent on you....

Katie hears it from me everyday..."if you don't use it...you'll lose it"

[pirewolf]

I am a stay at home mom, since we can't afford daycare unless I have a real well paying job. My husband is in the militart, so the benefits are good. The only problem is being an airman, married, with two kids does not pay well. We are still a pay check t pay check family, the good thing is that we don't pay medical. We do have to pay dental, and on-base housing is always booked so we have to pay rent and utilities. With two kids of different sexs you have to have seperate rooms if they are 1 and up, so the amount of bah never covers what it is ment to. NOW the government is trying to take away tuitions assistance for active military or bah. No matte what they pick we are in trouble. My hubby is going to college right now on tuitions assistance so he can move up and with no on base housing available most of the time I need enough money to cover one of those within the next year. They are planning on changing it within the the next year. So I have to make this work great for me. I am going to start a website and I already started a blog, but both are new to me. So I have to do alot of foot work.

[Boise40]

I work part-time as a courtesy clerk and it doesn't pay me very well. I use to get medical and benefits from social security about 5 months ago and then, they decided to cut me off. I was getting about $800 a month and half of it was coming from my job. Now, I'm trying to live with about $400 a month. I figure I would get some kind of medical benefits from my job since its a union and I been working there for over a year now. They said I need to work 80hrs for 3 months straight before I can qualify for medical benefits. I don't think my job will give me enough hours to cover those 80hrs. I'm not even allowed to work overtime. I think its just a BIG BS because I believe anyone should qualify for benefits after working for a union for about 6 months at least. Now, I'm living without any medical benefits and I don't have anymore high blood pressure medicine. I took my last high blood pressure medicine about a month ago if not more. I'm not sure if I can get it refilled or not. I just don't know what to do half of the time anymore.

[bretay]

I am a stay at home grandmother of 2 and like you looking to make a little extra money for a few bills.My husband is on disability and I completely understand on that.I was so glad when it a over.We were in ours for 5 yrs.Long long road.Hope to never have to go that route again.Good luck.

[dreamyxo]

I'm doing this and other sites to make extra money but my ultimate goal is to be able to work from home full time.  I just have to find more and/or better ways of making a lot more money online.

[jzmom]

I moved from CA to OK and haven't been able to find a job, so I am trying to earn enough money online to pay my rent and utilities   
I only need about $350 a month but if I could make $400-$500 I would be happy.

[JaiStarr]

The money I made from here and other sites was used for a bit of everything....bills, savings, extra money for spending, etc. But now thing are crucial and I cant really enjoy it like I want Still aiming to make $150/month online but time is becoming a big factor

[ajann1983]

just trying to make a little extra for diapers. it has helped out a lot for me.